On-site Professional Support Services for Secondary Schools/Special Schools
Citizenship and Social Development / Liberal Studies
Schools can apply for the following Liberal Studies school-based support service:
Support Service Type I - Citizenship and Social Development / Liberal Studies
1. Support Service Co-ordinator
School-based Curriculum Development (Secondary) Section, Quality Assurance and School-based Support Division, Education Bureau
2. Areas of Collaboration
Curriculum development, learning and teaching of Liberal Studies in secondary schools
3. Foci of Development
The school development officers of the Education Bureau will collaborate with teachers on different aspects of Liberal Studies. The foci of development are as follows:
To develop school-based curriculum in alignment with the aims and objectives of the central curriculum and design objective and impartial learning and teaching materials to cultivate students’
independent thinking skills, positive values and attitudes
To develop learning and teaching strategies by adopting an issue-enquiry approach, such as self- directed learning and cooperative learning, to help students understand concepts and construct knowledge, as well as develop life-long learning competencies, including thinking skills
To develop effective learning, teaching and assessment strategies such as blended learning, experiential learning and e-assessment, and to promote national security education under the framework of the Constitution and Basic Law education, which includes strengthening students’
understanding of the country and society as well as enhancing their sense of national identity
To explore effective learning, teaching and assessment strategies to cater for learner diversity
To cultivate teachers’ curriculum leadership and strengthen their professional capacity
To establish a learning community in school and promote the culture of sharing and exchange among teachers
To promote experience sharing and exchange through inter-school professional network activities
4. Modes of Exchange and Collaboration
To promote curriculum leadership and facilitate exchange and collaboration among teachers, the
following modes are adopted:
On-site Professional Support
In the light of the school’s context and developmental needs, school development officers provide diversified collaborative support services, including reviewing and planning school-based curricula, lesson studies, assessment for learning, formulating development plan and professional development programmes (e.g. seminars, workshop and sharing sessions), as well as pedagogical designs. The primary aim is to promote curriculum leadership for strengthened professional capacity, refined professional practices and sustainable school development.
Support through Professional Network
Professional Network is complementary with the on-site professional support. It facilitates collegial sharing and dissemination of effective practices and resources, thus promoting inter-school sharing.
5. Expectations on Participating Schools
To maximise the support services, participating schools are to find it obligatory to:
delegate a designated personnel, say a Vice Principal or a panel chairperson, to lead a core team of teachers to take forward the on-site professional support services, liaise with school development officers and map out the collaboration work plan
schedule a common time slot for all school personnel involved for regular meetings (around 1.5 hours per week/cycle, preferably within the timetable) to ensure ample opportunities for professional discourse on curriculum development, collaborative lesson preparation, tryout and lesson observation, review and follow-up tasks, so that the communication and collaboration among teachers will be strengthened. School development officers would provide views and advices throughout, to step up curriculum leadership and professional capacity of teachers
share with other teachers experiences in school-based curriculum development and resources developed such as work plans, learning and teaching materials, student work (the copyright of these materials will be co-owned by the Education Bureau (EDB) and the schools concerned. The EDB also reserves the right to compile and refine the materials for dissemination purposes)
observe strictly the legal obligations and, in all cases, comply with the Copyright Ordinance in developing school-based curriculum as well as learning and teaching materials
6. Points to Note
The support service will normally last for 1 year
The School-based Curriculum Development (Secondary) Section, in collaboration with teachers, generates knowledge from classroom practices, such as exemplars of learning and teaching, experiences in collaborative lesson planning etc., part of which has been uploaded to the Section’s homepage. For details, please visit the website: http://www.edb.gov.hk/sbss/sbcds
7. Enquiries
Ms HUNG Lai-ting, Venus
School-based Curriculum Development (Secondary) Section Tel: 2639 4745
E-mail: ssdosbcds1@edb.gov.hk
